# Campodea

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{{Short description|Genus of two-pronged bristletails}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Diplura.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Campodea staphylinus](/source/Campodea_staphylinus)''
| taxon = Campodea
| authority = [Westwood](/source/John_Obadiah_Westwood), 1842&nbsp;<ref>{{ITIS |id=99231 |taxon=''Campodea''}}</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = ''See text''
}}

'''''Campodea''''' is a genus of small, white, bristle-tailed [arthropod](/source/arthropod)s in the order [Diplura](/source/Diplura). The best known species, ''Campodea staphylinus'', has a wide distribution across much of [Europe](/source/Europe). It lives in damp places under stones, fallen trees, or in rotten wood and leaves. Although blind, it immediately crawls away on exposure to the light into the nearest crevice or other sheltered spot, feeling the way with its antennae.<ref>{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Campodea|volume=5|page=139}}</ref> There are at least 130 described species in ''Campodea''.<ref name=itis/><ref name=catlife/><ref name=gbif/>

==See also==
* [List of Campodea species](/source/List_of_Campodea_species)

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=itis>
{{Cite web| title=''Campodea'' Report
| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=99231
| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System
| accessdate=2018-03-26
}}</ref>
<ref name=catlife>{{Cite web
| title=Browse ''Campodea''
| url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/6dbe6cc262a5bf234d8e7618bd13390c
| website=Catalogue of Life
| accessdate=2018-03-26
| archive-date=2021-07-10
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710225757/https://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/6dbe6cc262a5bf234d8e7618bd13390c
| url-status=dead
}}</ref>
<ref name=gbif>
{{Cite web| title=''Campodea''
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2119498
| website=GBIF
| accessdate=2018-03-26
}}</ref>
}}

==Further reading==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071001081343/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=66664 Fauna Europaea entry for ''Campodea'']. Retrieved January 26, 2006.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071001104642/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=66883 Fauna Europaea entry for ''Campodea staphylinus'']. Retrieved January 26, 2006.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061109233902/http://www.nearctica.com/nomina/oddbugs/diplura.htm Nomina Insecta Nearctica]

==External links==
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* {{Commons category-inline|Campodea}}
{{refend}}

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Category:Campodea
Category:Arthropod genera

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